SC APRN

SC APRN DNP, APRN, NP

Family Nurse Practitioner

Member

All Content by SC APRN

  1. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    SC APRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Prayers for you

  2. What will be the care of a patient on a blood transfusion?

    SC APRN replied to Hanan Carrazzo's topic in General Students

    How long are you transfusing it? How long is the blood product good for after you get it from the lab? How soon do you have to start it? Who else is checking name, dob,

  3. Gateway Community College

    SC APRN replied to alc84's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    It's an awesome program I got to do things my first week of clinicals students from other programs are never allowed to do ASN or BSN. The lab is state of the art, loved my time at Gateway. Just...

  4. Surgical tech to OR nurse

    SC APRN replied to bluedragonfly13's topic in Operating Room

    It was an easy transition for me. your prior knowledge helps so much and understanding the scrub role is huge especially if you work at a facility that doesn't have nurses

  5. c section scrub

    SC APRN replied to massbaby's topic in Operating Room

    Learn from the OR and OB they have different things to teach OR is better at the surgical/OR/anesthesia skills, OB is better at maternity related stuff like cord blood, PPH, meds,

  6. bridgeport vs gateway

    SC APRN replied to lorenti99's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I graduated from Gateway in 2013. 49 lost? I was not aware of that. There are other reason besides academic for students to leave. We had more students that year because we started the fall only start...

  7. CT Supreme Court Decision: Teen can't refuse Chemo

    SC APRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    State Supreme Court Rules Teen Can't Refuse Chemo | NBC

  8. ADN class of 2013

    SC APRN posted a topic in General Students

    Just wondering who's starting the awesome journey with me? I went to orientation and now its starting to feel

  9. ADN class of 2013

    SC APRN replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    Congrats!!! What MSN focus? I'm doing CNS most likely. RN-BSN is so much easier love it. Good luck OR is a hot job right now. I get several emails from recruiters every week. Just needed something...

  10. CT Supreme Court Decision: Teen can't refuse Chemo

    SC APRN replied to SC APRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You can join the military at

  11. ADN class of 2013

    SC APRN replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

    How is everyone doing? Two years in school dragged, the two years since flew! I left the OR which I wanted to do I still go once in a while for C/Ss and my new job I am in a procedure room a few days...

  12. Fertility Clinic RN

    SC APRN replied to ebrooke90's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hi! I am I love it. I do procedure room/PACU a few days a month (OR background) But my main job is donor oocyte

  13. Did you attend your RN-BSN graduation?

    SC APRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I will for several reasons, I made much better friends in my RN-BSN program than my ASN program, I am very involved at my school. I want to rock the purple cords!! Also I was asked to be a clinical...

  14. What can I do to be productive while waiting to get into Nursing program?

    SC APRN replied to TiffanyMcNurse2b's topic in General Students

    Work a lot of overtime and save

  15. ACLS as a student?

    SC APRN replied to SN2014's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I was going to do ACLS before my last semester, because I had just finished an amazing cardiac rotation with a cardiac DNP instructor. I was advised to wait. I am doing it now two years later, and I...

  16. RN-BSN and ADN-BSN Easy?

    SC APRN replied to Cronin's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My RN-BSN program is very easy, I started it before I got my license. My first class was Theory, didn't need any nursing experience for that. I have one more nursing class in the spring. It has been...

  17. Back in the OR

    SC APRN replied to CTRN'11's topic in Operating Room

    Yes send me a private

  18. Back in the OR

    SC APRN replied to CTRN'11's topic in Operating Room

    Give it some time. How long have you been in the new position? I'm leaving the OR but staying PRN it's in my blood. Too much call for my school plans and I also need different experience. Good

  19. If you could wear any scrub?

    SC APRN posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I finally have a job that allows me to wear whatever I want, business casual with lab coat some days and scrubs other day. I have been wearing hospital laundered scrubs for so long I have no idea what...

  20. If you could wear any scrub?

    SC APRN replied to SC APRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Any good website

  21. I Want to Be an RN; I Am Bad at Math.

    SC APRN replied to MysticTopaz's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Start saying "I have not mastered math yet" I took algebra 3 times. I graduated with honors, and got 100's on 4 subsection of the TEAS math section. You can do it, it might take longer than you want...

  22. I'm having surgery and I have some questions!!

    SC APRN replied to Tammy121's topic in Operating Room

    I would hope you get a nurse concerned with your dignity and keeping you warm. However I would let the nurse know that you would like minimal exposure after you go to

  23. Scrub tech/first assist

    SC APRN replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Operating Room

    There are CST/CFA or CSFA surgical technologist's can get FA certified. I almost did when I was a tech but my state doesn't recognize them anymore. CNOR has nothing to do with first assisting. Nothing...

  24. update on call pay- what are you making?

    SC APRN replied to bennett235's topic in Operating Room

    $5/hour $8.70 if we are required to sleep at the hospital. We get paid 30 minutes each time we have to drive

  25. Gel pads under heels

    SC APRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    Does anyone else put gel pads under their patients heels? I do and sometimes get ridiculed for it because our new beds are made of gel. I feel they are not soft enough for some patients so I use the...